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Piers Plowright and Poh Sim on Hampstead Heath
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Piers Plowright was the most amazing listener , a lover of music, books and art, and most of all the sort of man who would march a gaggle of sleepy children up Parliament Hill in order to give them a precious memory or two.
The BBC radio producer died aged 83 in July, and he is remembered by his wife Poh Sim, family and friends as a figure like no other.
Piers Plowright, one of Hampstead s most distinctive characters
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One of his three children, Natasha, told the
January 8th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Streaming,
Four Agatha Christie mysteries, Sparkling Cyanide screen on Acorn TV this month.
Monday 11 January
Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring Twenties style and devious mysteries abound as Francesca Annis (Jane Eyre, Marple) and James Warwick (Doctor Who, Murder She Wrote) star in Agatha Christie’s tales of crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. The feature-length prequel, The Secret Adversary, introduces the detective duo while Partners in Crime finds Tommy and Tuppence newly married and turning pro, as they launch their International Detective Agency. A master and mistress of disguise with a reputation amongst bellboys everywhere for being the worst tippers in town, they undertake a vast array of cases from missing persons and haunted houses, through smuggling, thievery, connivance, skullduggery and, of course, murder.